Razor-strop.



QMMM W No. 807,965. PATENTED DEC. 19, 1905. S. D. RICE.

RAZOR STROP.

APPLICATION FILED APR.12.1905.

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RAZOR-STROP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed April 12, 1905. Serial No. 255,193.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. RICE, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at atertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved holder for razor-strops designed to be secured to a suitable support.

The main object of the invention is the provision of means in a holder of the class described comprising a casing within which the strop is automatically wound when not desired for use, the construction being such that the strop is maintained in projected position to any desired degree, as may be desired.

The preferred form of the invention will be described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improved holder. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate like parts throughout, my improved holder comprises a base-plate 1, adapted for connection through the medium of screw-holes 2 to any suitable support. 3 represents side strips projecting laterally from said base-plate and spaced apart to receive the operating mechanism. The casing comprises a metal frame 1, secured at its edges to the edges of the side frames 3, the casing comprising the side frames 3 and the metal section 4, made of any form desired, the arrangement described being simply for the purpose of suitably inclosing the mechanism to be later described.

5 represents an arbor reduced at its ends and rotatably mounted in the side frames 3. On one end of the arbor, withinthe casing, is fixed a coiled or other operating spring 6, which is suitably connected to the arbor and casing to tension the spring when the arbor is wound in a determinate direction. At the opposite end of the arbor is fixeda ratchet-wheel 7, preferably arranged to lightly contact with the adjacent side frame 3. Intermediate the ratchet-wheel 7 and the spring 6 the arbor is arranged to receive the razor-strop 8, which is preferably of the usual construction and is terminally secured to said arbor, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The strop projects through the transverse slot 9, conveniently formed in the metal strip 1 of the casing, preferably in horizontal or approximately horizontal alinement with the arbor 5.

10 represents a pawl pivotally supported from the side frame 3, adjacent the ratchet 7, the pawl beingspring-pressed to normally engage the ratchet through the medium of .a spring 11, as illustrated particularly in Fig. 2. The rear end of the pawl beyond the pivot is connected to a push-pin 12, provided with a head 13 and vertically projecting through and guided by an opening 14:, formed in a metal strip 4.

To prevent interference between the metal strip and the spring 6, I provide the casing with a dividing-partition 15, preferably secured to the metal strip 4 and centrally formed with an opening to embrace the arbor 5, it being understood that the partition is positioned intermediate the strop 8 and the spring 6, whereby in operation of the strop interference with the spring is avoided.

In operation a handle 16 of the strop is drawn upon and the strop thereby moved through the opening 9 in the casing to the desired extent, the pawl 10 operating to engage the ratchet-wheel 7 to prevent a return movement of the strop. This operation of the strop winds the spring 6, so that upon the depression of the push-pin 12 to disengage the pawl 10 and ratchet 7 the strop will be automatically rewound upon the arbor and concealed within the casing, it being understood that the handle 16 by its connection with the lower end of the strop engages the face of the casing and limits the inward movement of the strop.

From the construction described it is evident that the strop may be projected to any desired extent and maintained in such desired position by the engagement of the pawl 10 with the ratchet-wheel 7. To permit the spring to automatically return the strop to its normal position within the casing, it is only necessary to depress the push-pin 12, releasing the pawl 10 from the ratchet-Wheel.

If the usual leather and canvas or other strop are desired for conjoint use, the casing may be widened and the arbor 5 lengthened to carry both strops, the other features of construction remaining identical.

The construction is of a simple inexpensive nature and is efiective to protect and house the strop when not desired for use, and may be supported from any convenient fixture.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A raZor-strop holder comprising a base, a casing comprising side Walls, a metallic strip bent to engage said side walls and terminally secured to the base, a partition dividing the casing in two compartments, an arbor sup bor through which said strop is adapted to pass, a ratchet-wheel fixed on the arbor immediately adjacent one of the side walls of the casing, means for engaging said ratchet-Wheel to prevent revolution of the arbor, and means to actuate said engaging means, whereby to release the ratchet-wheel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

STEPHEN D. RICE,

Witnesses:

GEORGE S. HOOKER, ALFRED W. BAILEY. 

